Florens: A Web-Based Guided Learning Experience Focused on Teacher Thriving

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Abstract: Teacher well-being is fundamental to students' success. Teacher burnout, however, is a growing problem with multiple negative consequences. It affects the health and performance of educators and their willingness to remain in the profession. While the burnout syndrome is associated with common systemic factors, scholarship considers interventions at the individual level as entry points for preventing and reducing burnout. In this sense, positive psychologists argue for solutions focused on helping individuals to develop skills that promote a sense of energy, engagement, and accomplishment. Drawing from positive psychology, Florens is a web-based guided learning experience centered on strategies that can lead teachers to thrive. Educators join a community of fellow practitioners and receive guidance from a well-being expert to learn six core practices: (i) identifying values, (ii) assessing the current state of their values in their lives, (iii) defining aspirations, (iv) creating and (v) implementing value-laden small concrete actions, and (vi) reflecting on the experience. Data from Florens’ pilot indicates the solution can help teachers significantly increase their sense of well-being, and effectively learn the techniques that help them experience a sense of energy, engagement, and accomplishment. Results also reveal that educators consider it to be a valuable learning experience for themselves and fellow practitioners.

Author	Néspoli, Gabriela

Subject	Teachers
Subject	Burn out (Psychology)
Subject	Teacher turnover
Subject	Well-being
Subject	Flourishing
Subject	Positive psychology
Subject	Purpose
Subject	Values
Subject	Behavior Change
Subject	Communities of practice
Subject	Guided participation
Subject	Sociocultural theories of learning
Subject	Learning experience design
Genre	Text
Genre	Report
Genre	Text
Genre	Video art

Location	Location https://projectflorens.com/
DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/jf160dg8578
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/jf160dg8578

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Preferred citation: Néspoli, G. (2022). Florens: A Web-Based Guided Learning Experience Focused on Teacher Thriving . Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/jf160dg8578

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